Maya M . Khanna, PhD

Department

Psychological Science

Position

Professor

Books

• Zumbach Joerg, Schmitt Manfred, Gurung Regan A. R, Halonen Jane S, Hard Bridgette Martin, Savarese Giulia, Schaper Niclas, Schwartz Neil H, Silva Guimarães Danilo, Sisemore Timothy A, Sriram Sujata, Steinebach Christoph, Thürmer J. Lukas, Stone Arianna M, Tateo Luca, Thomas Tissy Mariam, Tuli Mila, Tulis Maria, Usai Maria Carmen, Valsiner Jaan, Yokoy Tatiana, Weinberg Robert, Whitlock Kristin, Wrona Megan C, Zanobini Mirella, Viterbori Paola, Hojman Viviana, Hulme Julie A, Ifenthaler Dirk, Jesseau Stephanie A, Jovanović Gordana, Katsarava Mariam, Khanna Maya M, Kubik Veit, Kite Mary E, Knappe Susanne, Kollar Ingo, Ligorio M. Beatrice, Lippmann Marie, Manfredi Mirella, Marinaci Tiziana, Mey Günter, McGee Jennifer M. J, McLay Katherine, Merrill M. David, Miller Leslie A, McEntarffer Rob, Miyazaki M. Cristina, Molina Maria Elisa, Gibson David, Gondim Sonia, Gorayeb Ricardo, Goschke Thomas, Greiff Samuel, Pannasch Sebastian, Mollo Monica, Myers David G, Naudé Luzelle, Niegemann Helmut, Ong Faith, Parada Jennifer, Plous Scott, Prescher Claudia, da Rocha Lordelo Lia, Greisel Martin, Raees Ayesha, Rainey Vanessa R, Reeb Roger N, Rhodes Paul, Ruiz Ana I, Sarma U. Arathi, Sauer Juergen, Beers Melissa J, Bernstein Doug A, Narciss Susanne, Marsico Giuseppina, Amenduni Francesca, Andrisano Ruggieri Ruggero, Bartel Anna N, Baumann Martin, Bendassolli Pedro F, Bernstein Douglas A, Bhargava Swarnima, Boll Thomas, Blalock Lisa Durrance, Bolte Annette, Branco Angela Uchoa, Ferguson Christopher J, Fossa Pablo, Foster Jane A, Gaschler Robert, Cranney Jacquelyn, Chaudhary Nandita, Christopher Andrew, Chuang Lewis L, Confalonieri Emanuela, Cortese Michael J, Daniels Ruby A, Daum Moritz M, de Oliveira Maria Cláudia Santos Lopes, Dunn Dana S, Cacciamani Stefano, Coelho-Lima Fellipe, Click Kevin, Bringle Robert G, Burke Brian L, Butt Joanne, Carpinelli Luna, Chaffee Leighann R, International Handbook of Psychology Learning and Teaching 2023
• International Handbook of Psychology Learning and Teaching
  Khanna Maya M., Cortese Michael J., Zumbach Joerg, Bernstein Douglas A., Narciss Susanne, Marsico Giuseppina, Topics, Methods, and Research-Based Strategies for Teaching Cognition [Book Chapter] 2022
• Reference Module in Social Sciences
  Cortese Michael J., Khanna Maya M., Yates Mark, A Conditional Reading Aloud Megastudy [Book Chapter] 2022
• Reference Module in Social Sciences
  Cortese Michael J., Khanna Maya M., The English Lexicon Project – A How to Guide for Researchers and Instructors [Book Chapter] 2022
• Promoting Student Engagement
  Khanna Maya M., Community service engagement: How our students benefit from this service and how to encourage them to pursue community service. [Book Chapter] 2011
• Promoting Student Engagement
  Khanna Maya M., Adolescent and adult development: Designing a retirement and care plan for older adults [Book Chapter] 2011
• Developing, Promoting, and Sustaining the Undergraduate Research Experience in Psychology
  Khanna Maya M., Engaging Students in Community-Based Research [Book Chapter] 2008

Publications

• Brain sciences
  Khanna Maya M., Guenther Corey L., Eckerson Joan, Talamante Dion, Yeh Mary Elizabeth, Forby Megan, Hopkins Krystal, Munger Emmali, Rauh Grace, Chelluri Shringala, Schmidt Courtney, Walocha Isabel, Sacco Matthew, Vigorous Exercise Enhances Verbal Fluency Performance in Healthy Young Adults
  15:1, p. 96 - 2025
• Discover psychology
  Khormaei Farhad, Kamari Songhorabadi Saman, Khanna Maya M., Development and validation of the academic hope scale (AcHS) for students
  4:1, p. 187 2024
• Human arenas: an Interdisciplinary journal of psychology, culture, and meaning
  Cameron E. Leslie, Khanna Maya M., Myths and Misconceptions About Human Behavior and Mental Processes Held by Introductory Psychology Students: A BISTOPS Collaborative Research Project 2023
• Scholarship of teaching and learning in psychology
  Bernstein Douglas A, Smith Erin I, Cameron E. Leslie, Khanna Maya M, McGee Jennifer, Bihun Joan T, McBride Eileen, Uruena-Agnes Adriana R, Stanley Caroline M, Lamana-Finn Kim, Misconceptions about psychology after taking introductory psychology 2023
• Quarterly journal of experimental psychology (2006)
  Khanna Maya M., Hughes Kylie, Cortese Michael J., Anderson Kayley, Spelling monosyllabic English words, p. 17470218231178507 - 17470218231178507 2023
• Frontiers in communication
  Citron Francesca M. M., Cortese Michael J., Khanna Maya M., Editorial: How emotion relates to language, memory, and cognition
  8 2023
• Memory
  Cortese Michael J., Khanna Maya M., Relating emotional variables to recognition memory performance
  30:7, p. 915 - 922 2022
• International Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship
  Flott Elizabeth, Ball Sarah, Manz Julie, Beiermann Trisha, Khanna Maya M., Supporting the transition to practice
  19:1 2022
• Teaching of psychology
  Budesheim Thomas L., Khanna Maya M., Guenther Corey L., Klanecky Earl Alicia K., The Long-Term Impact of Undergraduate Internships and Research Experiences in Psychology: An Alumni Survey Study, p. 9862832110410 2021
• Memory
  Khanna Maya M., Cortese Michael J., How well imageability, concreteness, perceptual strength, and action strength predict recognition memory, lexical decision, and reading aloud performance
  29:5, p. 622 - 636 2021
• Journal of Child and Adolescent Trauma
  Mills Mackenzie S., Embury Christine M., Klanecky Alicia K., Khanna Maya M., Calhoun Vince D., Stephen Julia M., Wang Yu Ping, Wilson Tony W., Badura-Brack Amy S., Traumatic Events Are Associated with Diverse Psychological Symptoms in Typically-Developing Children
  13:4, p. 381 - 388 2020
• Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology
  Cortese Michael J., Toppi Sean, Khanna Maya M., Santo Jonathan B., AoA effects in reading aloud and lexical decision
  73:11, p. 2036 - 2044 2020
• Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology
  Cortese Michael J., Von Nordheim David, Khanna Maya M., Word length negatively predicts recognition memory performance
  73:10, p. 1675 - 1683 2020
• Cognition and Emotion
  Klanecky Earl Alicia K., Robinson Alyssa M., Mills Mackenzie S., Khanna Maya M., Bar-Haim Yair, Badura-Brack Amy S., Attention bias variability and posttraumatic stress symptoms
  34:6, p. 1300 - 1307 2020
• Journal of Psychiatry and Neuroscience
  Badura-Brack Amy S., Mills Mackenzie S., Embury Christine M., Khanna Maya M., Earl Alicia Klanecky, Stephen Julia M., Wang Yu Ping, Calhoun Vince D., Wilson Tony W., Hippocampal and parahippocampal volumes vary by sex and traumatic life events in children
  45:4, p. 288 - 297 2020
• Memory
  Cortese Michael J., Khanna Maya M., Von Nordheim David, Incidental memory for colour word associates processed in colour naming and reading aloud tasks
  27:7, p. 924 - 930 2019
• Journal of Nursing Education
  Minnich Margo, Kirkpatrick Amanda J., Goodman Joely T., Whittaker Ali, Stanton Chapple Helen, Schoening Anne M., Khanna Maya M., Writing across the curriculum
  57:6, p. 366 - 370 2018
• Biological Psychology
  Badura-Brack Amy, Khanna Maya M., Pine Daniel S., Bar-Haim Yair, Wilson Tony W., McDermott Timothy J., Heinrichs-Graham Elizabeth, Ryan Tara J., Veterans with PTSD demonstrate amygdala hyperactivity while viewing threatening faces
  132, p. 228 - 232 2018
• Psychiatry Research - Neuroimaging
  Badura-Brack Amy, Becker Katherine M., Ryan Tara J., Khanna Maya M., Pine Daniel S., Bar-Haim Yair, Heinrichs-Graham Elizabeth, Wilson Tony W., McDermott Timothy J., Attention training modulates resting-state neurophysiological abnormalities in posttraumatic stress disorder
  271, p. 135 - 141 2018
• Psychological Medicine
  Khanna Maya M., Embury C. M., McDermott Timothy J., Wiesman A. I., Shepherd A., Ryan T. J., Heinrichs-Graham E., Wilson T. W., Badura Brack Amy, Veterans with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Exhibit Altered Emotional Processing and Attentional Control during an Emotional Stroop Task
  47:11, p. 2017 - 2027 2017
• Memory and Cognition
  Cortese M. J., Preston K. S., Van Zuiden T., Khanna Maya M., Kopp R., Santo J. B., Participants Shift Response Deadlines Based on List Difficulty during Reading-Aloud Megastudies
  45:4, p. 589 - 599 2017
• Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
  Badura-Brack Amy, Heinrichs-Graham Elizabeth, McDermott Timothy J., Becker Katherine M., Ryan Tara J., Khanna Maya M., Wilson Tony W., Resting-State Neurophysiological Abnormalities in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: A Magnetoencephalography Study
  11, p. - 2017
• Cognitive, Affective and Behavioral Neuroscience
  McDermott Timothy J., Badura-Brack A. S., Becker K. M., Ryan Tara J., Bar-Haim Y., Pine D. S., Khanna Maya M., Heinrichs-Graham E., Wilson T. W., Attention Training Improves Aberrant Neural Dynamics during Working Memory Processing in Veterans with PTSD
  16:6, p. 1140 - 1149 2016
• Journal of Psychiatry & Neuroscience
  McDermott Timothy J., Becker K. M., Ryan Tara J., Khanna Maya M., Heinrichs-Graham E., Wilson T. W., Badura Brack Amy, Male Veterans with PTSD Exhibit Aberrant Neural Dynamics during Working Memory Processing: An MEG Study
  41:4, p. 251 - 260 2016
• Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Psychology
  Khanna Maya M., Cortese Michael J., The Benefits of Quizzing in Content-Focused Versus Skills-Focused Courses
  2:1, p. 87 - 97 2016
• Cognition and Emotion
  Khanna Maya M., McDermott Timothy J., Shepherd Alex, Heinrichs-Graham E., Pine D. S., Bar-Haim Y., Wilson T. W., Badura Brack Amy, Attention Training Normalises Combat-Related Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Effects on Emotional Stroop Performance using Lexically Matched Word Lists
  30:8, p. 1521 - 1528 2016
• American Journal of Psychiatry
  Badura Brack Amy, Bar-Haim Y., Abend R., Khanna M. M., McDermott Timothy J., Pine D. S., Naim R., Ryan Tara J., Levy O., Effect of Attention Training on Attention Bias Variability and PTSD Symptoms: Randomized Controlled Trials in Israeli and U.S. Combat Veterans
  172:12, p. 1233 - 1241 2015
• Teaching of Psychology
  Khanna Maya M., Ungraded pop quizzes: Test-enhanced learning without all the anxiety
  42:2, p. 174 - 178 2015
• Journal of environmental health
  Khanna Maya M., Boys, not girls, are negatively affected on cognitive tasks by lead exposure
  77:6, p. 72 - 77 2015
• Teaching of Psychology
  Khanna Maya M., Finken Laura L., Badura Brack Amy, Short- and Long-Term Effects of Cumulative Finals on Student Learning
  40:3, p. 175 - 182 2013
• Behavior Research Methods
  Schock Jocelyn, Khanna Maya M., Cortese Michael J., Toppi Sean, Age of acquisition estimates for 3,000 disyllabic words
  44:4, p. 971 - 977 2012
• Behavior Research Methods
  Schock Jocelyn, Khanna Maya M., Toppi Sean, Cortese Michael J., Age of acquisition estimates for 3,000 disyllabic words
  44:4, p. 971 - 977 2012
• Behavior Research Methods
  Schock Jocelyn, Khanna Maya M., Cortese Michael J., Imageability estimates for 3,000 disyllabic words
  44:2, p. 374 - 379 2012
• Behavior Research Methods
  Schock Jocelyn, Cortese Michael J., Khanna Maya M., Imageability estimates for 3,000 disyllabic words
  44:2, p. 374 - 379 2012
• Behavior Research Methods
  Khanna Maya M., Cortese Michael J., Age of acquisition estimates for 1,208 ambiguous and polysemous words
  43:1, p. 89 - 96 2011
• Scientific Studies of Reading
  Khanna Maya M., Cortese Michael J., Birchwood Katharine S., Learning New Words Affects Nonword Pronunciation in Children
  14:5, p. 407 - 439 2010
• Memory
  Cortese Michael J., Khanna Maya M., Hacker Sarah, Recognition memory for 2,578 monosyllabic words
  18:6, p. 595 - 609 2010
• Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology
  Khanna Maya M., Boland Julie E., Children's use of language context in lexical ambiguity resolution
  63:1, p. 160 - 193 2010
• Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology
  Khanna Maya M., Boland Julie E., The development of context-use for lexical ambiguity resolution.
  63, p. 160 - 193 2010
• Memory
  Cortese Michael J., Khanna Maya M., Hacker Sarah, Recognition memory for 2,578 monosyllabic words
  18:6, p. 595 - 609 2010
• Scientific Studies of Reading
  Khanna Maya M., Birchwood Katharine S., Cortese Michael J., Learning new words affects nonword pronunciation in children
  14:5, p. 407 - 439 2010
• Applied Cognitive Psychology
  Khanna Maya M., Cortese Michael J., Children and adults are differentially affected by presentation modality in the DRM paradigm
  23:6, p. 859 - 877 2009
• Behavior Research Methods
  Cortese Michael J., Khanna Maya M., Age of acquisition ratings for 3,000 monosyllabic words
  40:3, p. 791 - 794 2008
• Journal of Memory and Language
  Cortese Michael J., Khanna Maya M., White Katherine K., Veljkovic Ilija, Drumm Geoffery, The activation and monitoring of memories produced by words and pseudohomophones
  58:2, p. 393 - 414 2008
• Journal of Memory and Language
  Cortese Michael J., Veljkovic Ilija, Drumm Geoffery, White Katherine K., Khanna Maya M., The activation and monitoring of memories produced by words and pseudohomophones
  58:2, p. 393 - 414 2008
• Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology
  Cortese Michael J., Khanna Maya M., Age of acquisition predicts naming and lexical-decision performance above and beyond 22 other predictor variables
  60:8, p. 1072 - 1082 2007
• Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology
  Cortese Michael J., Khanna Maya M., Age of acquisition predicts naming and lexical-decision performance above and beyond 22 other predictor variables: An analysis of 2,342 words
  60:8, p. 1072 - 1082 2007
• Psychonomic Bulletin and Review
  Cortese Michael J., Watson Jason M., Khanna Maya M., Mccallion Mathie, Revisiting distinctive processes in memory
  13:3, p. 446 - 451 2006
• Psychonomic Bulletin and Review
  Bleckley M. Kathryn, Crutchfield Jerry M., Engle Randall W., Khanna Maya M., Durso Francis T., Individual differences in working memory capacity predict visual attention allocation
  10:4, p. 884 - 889 2003
• Psychology Learning and Teaching
  Bernstein Douglas A., Herold Debora, Uttl Bob, Cameron E. Leslie, Khanna Maya, McGee Jennifer, Harnessing the Power of Introductory Psychology to Combat Misconceptions About Psychology, p. - -0001

Presentations

• Internships Boost Retrospective Ratings of Education Satisfaction, Especially for Those Entering the Workforce (poster 8) -0001

Grants

• Misconceptions about Psychology/Sponsor: Creighton University Center for Faculty Excellence/CFE

• What to do with this Gap? Examining how students use gap-years, and where to go from there/Sponsor: Creighton University Center for Faculty Excellence/CFE

Awards

• Recipient of the University Distinguished Educator in Teaching as Scholarship award
  Creighton University